TEMA-Sponsored Sessions at Kalamazoo 2005

Every year the Texas Medieval Association sponsors a number of sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan. These sessions are open-submission, and you do not have to be a TEMA member to participate in one. The seven TEMA-sponsored sessions scheduled for the 40th International Congress, May 5-8, 2005, are listed below.

[Note: The TEMA Business Meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 6, in Valley II 205. Don Kagay will be there to accept your session proposals for Kalamazoo 2006.]

Thursday, May 5 • 1:30-3:00 • Sangren 3308
Session 116

Episcopal Reform in Thought and Action

Organizer: Sally N. Vaughn, Univ. of Houston
Presider: James R. King, Midwestern Univ.

• The Disputed Archbishopric of Reims, 989-999: Gerbert of Aurillac's Views on Reforming Episcopal Elections, Duties, and Obligations
  Courtney deMayo, Univ. of Houston
  
  
• From Saint to Statesman: The Development of Episcopal Ideals from the Carolingian to the Ottonian-Salian Era
  Sigga Engsbro, Univ. of Copenhagen
  
  
• The Palatine Bible (Biblioteca Vaticana, MS Pal. Lat. 3, 4, 5): Active Agent of Eleventh-Century Gregorian Reform
  Charles S. Buchanan, Ohio State Univ.

• Women and Mental Anguish in Confessional Exempla
  Beth Allison Barr, Baylor Univ.
  
  
• Madness in The Book of Margery Kempe
  Julie Chappell, Tarleton State Univ.
  
  
• Alchemy, Medicine, Administration, and Madness Surrounding the Illness of Henry VI of England
  Wendy J. Turner, Augusta State Univ.

Fri, May 6 • 1:30pm • Sangren 2210
Session 298

The Middle Ages in Modern Memory

Organizer: Donald J. Kagay, Albany State Univ.
Presider: L. J. Andrew Villalon, Univ. of Cincinnati

• The Great War and Medieval Memory
  Bruce C. Brasington, West Texas A&M Univ.
  
  
• A Case of Global Amnesia: Memory Loss and the Global Interpretation of the Crusades
  Paul E. Chevedden, Institute of Medieval Mediterranean Spain
  
  
• Reflections on "Queynte": Neither Elegant nor Nasty
  Edwin Duncan, Towson Univ.

• Anselmian Thought in The Life of Christina of Markyate
  Holle Canatella, Univ. of Houston
  
  
• St. Anselm and William of Malmesbury
  Sally N. Vaughn

• Matilda of Tuscany: Images of Power
  Sarah Pruett, Univ. of Houston
  
  
• Deception and Defiance in the Flemish Comital Family under Jeanne of Constantinople (1212-1244)
  Karen S. Nicholas, SUNY-Oswego
  
  
• Guilty Women: Women Suspected or Convicted of Crimes in Thirteenth- Century English Law
  Patricia Orr, Independent Scholar

Sun, May 8 • 8:30-10:00am • Valley I 106
Session 556

Humor, Comedy, and Laughter in the Libro de buen amor

Organizer: Paul E. Larson, Baylor Univ.
Presider: Carlos Hawley-Colón, North Dakota State Univ.

• Function of Humor in the Fourth Mountain Adventure in the Libro de buen amor
  Abraham Quintanar, Dickinson College
  
  
• Animal Fables and Amorous Foibles: The Archpriest's Bestiary of Love
  Nancy Cushing-Daniels, Gettysburg College
  
  
• Juan Ruiz, Victim of Love
  Paul E. Larson

• Melting the Snow: Viking Heritage and Healing Relics in Royal and Episcopal Propaganda
  Elizabeth Walen Walunas, Univ. of Houston
  
  
• Magic and Miracle in Late Antiquity
  Patrick Maille, Texas Tech Univ.
  
  
• Miracles as Responses to Political and Social Unrest in Medieval England
  James R. King, Midwest State Univ.

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